Thursday, May 10, 2012

Sarisozen, Muzaffer

Muzaffer Sarisozen(1899-1963), Turkish musician, studied at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. he began doing collection on his own while teaching in High School. In 1938 he was appointed director of Ankara State Conservatory Folklore Achieve, and kept collecting folk music in all part of Turkey. He collaborated with Mesut Cemil to apply a new approach to Turkish village folk music. He published three books in folk music.